GLASGOW 2
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: liverpool
Posts: 39
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
VV
Sadly, agree with VV re Blue Air, loads are woeful unfortunately and they have no presence on the ground in the local marketplace to promote. GLA marketing team not doing much to push it either
Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: London, UK & Europe
Posts: 2
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Hard to see the non Polish eastern euro routes surviving post brexit.
Don't get me wrong some won't but there will always be demand for Eastern Europe flights. That's also not forgetting that there will be lots of Europeans allowed into the UK even if controlled as the UK have no choice in the matter unless they want to cut themselves out of the single market.
Join Date: Jun 2015
Location: Glasgow
Posts: 239
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
The same numbers aren't going to come as previous even if there is still movement but it won't be as easy. I foresee service cuts or complete cancellations. Bucharest will struggle to survive for one I feel due to the short window between Romania joining the EU and Britain leaving. Riga and Sofia possibly as well.
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: UK
Posts: 198
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
I think Riga will survive - it seems to be used by people from all over the three Baltic states (possibly the reason Wizz had trouble breaking into the market with the Vilnius flights). I think these flights are all about reputation, a bit like flights to islands. Once a reputation is built up it is hard to compete. Anecdotally, I have a Romanian friend who isn't a big fan of Wizz but refuses to use Blue Air due to their poor reputation for reliability. Doesn't help, along with the other issues mentioned above. Does anyone know how the Wizz loads are to OTP?
Join Date: Mar 2013
Location: UK
Age: 53
Posts: 1,425
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
are some imternational flights using the one of the 'domestic' (once international) piers again ? Do they board directly or are they bussed from a high imternational gate. I know theoretically any gate be used for anything now.
Join Date: May 2016
Location: United Kingdom
Posts: 200
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
You've answered you own question. Flights to any destination can depart from any gate so of course no need for busses.
Busses are only needed for arrivals. International arriving passengers at the east pier will be bussed to international arrivals.
I've flown to Africa from the east pier (wrongly known as a domestic pier) and to London from the west pier (wrongly refered to as the international pier).
What confuses me is why people seem confused by this? It's hardly new. GLA has been operating this way since the 'new' centralised security search area opened more than a few years ago.
Busses are only needed for arrivals. International arriving passengers at the east pier will be bussed to international arrivals.
I've flown to Africa from the east pier (wrongly known as a domestic pier) and to London from the west pier (wrongly refered to as the international pier).
What confuses me is why people seem confused by this? It's hardly new. GLA has been operating this way since the 'new' centralised security search area opened more than a few years ago.
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Scotland
Age: 64
Posts: 261
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
The east pier amd central pier are known as domestic piers as they feed into domestic baggae reclaim. Similarlybthecwest pier is known as the internaltional pier as it emds at International arrvals baggage reclaim. Flew to Belfast recently from the internationsl pier and red at the domestic pier after arrving from Faro. Bussed to the nternational pier to collect bags. It all depends where the aircraft's lasr flight was from or heading to - or something like that!
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: London (Babylon-on-Thames)
Age: 42
Posts: 6,168
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
I thought that departing internationally from the domestic pier (it always will be, deal with it) was a more recent thing? Issues only arise on arrivals as international flights need access to passport control. Big fine if they park on a domestic gate and exit via the airbridge, it's not unknown!
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: LV
Posts: 2,296
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Air Transat -Montreal dropped for S17 (could have told them that would never work) , YYZ 4x week increasing to 5x week high summer then back to 1x week for W17. So Air Canada and WestJet all holding their own which is good to see.
Join Date: Jun 2015
Location: Glasgow
Posts: 239
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Was inevitable. No business, cultural or any sort of obvious link existed which would have told you the route could work. YYZ on the other hand has been a long term strength.
Be interesting to see what the s17 FR schedule brings. More bucket and spade already on the go at Prestwick I'd imagine.
Be interesting to see what the s17 FR schedule brings. More bucket and spade already on the go at Prestwick I'd imagine.
Join Date: Mar 2015
Location: UK
Posts: 310
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
YYZ is 5x weekly this summer and the same last summer.
Join Date: Mar 2015
Location: UK
Posts: 310
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts